Letters to the Editor: Thursday, February 7, 2013

Thanks for Citizen of Year honor… City income tax idea part of an addiction

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The Daily Telegram - Adrian, MI

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Posted Feb. 7, 2013 at 9:38 AM
Updated Feb 7, 2013 at 1:51 PM

Posted Feb. 7, 2013 at 9:38 AM
Updated Feb 7, 2013 at 1:51 PM

ADRIAN

Thanks for Citizen of Year honor

To the editor,

I am writing this letter to extend my deepest thanks and appreciation to The Daily Telegram for the very “special honor” of being chosen “Citizen of the Year,” and for the beautiful bouquet of red and white roses. What a pleasant surprise.

I am humbled and blessed by so many of my family and friends’ lovely letters and kind words for my nomination. I extend my congratulations to all of the other nominees for all of the wonderful things each of them have done for others, also. Thank you.

In Christian love,

Nina Bower

Britton

City income tax idea part of an addiction

Hello citizens of Adrian,

I see in the paper where our fine elected officials and some non-elected ones have decided that the citizens of Adrian have too much money in their pockets and they want their share. They claim that the revenue from property taxes will be down $175,000 next year and they will not have enough to fund the city in its current form. Why are we in this situation?

They need only to look around and see the growth of Adrian Township, Madison Township and Raisin Township with the number of residential homes filled mostly with people who moved from the city. Look into the factory areas of the city to see the memories of long-gone factories (no work, little reason to live in the city).

They need to look at the graduates of our colleges and high schools who chose to move to where they can find work (not Adrian). Also look at the retail stores who set up shop just outside the city limits to avoid the HIGH property taxes, ridiculous zoning, signage laws and parking regulations.

Inwardly, the administration needs to look at its insistence on having:

— A multi-million dollar city hall before the costly remodel.

— A city police station larger than the county sheriff’s department building, even though the city police have just a fraction of the staff the sheriff has and fraction of the area to cover.

— A building just for commission meetings because they got it for a dollar (never mind the fortune to remodel it.)

— Does the recreation department really need a building that dwarfs the factories next door, and miles from any park.

— And don’t get me started on the library, which had a chance to merge with the county library were it not for some unreasonable DEMANDS by the city.

Now the city commission is looking at an INCOME TAX to finance its frivolous spending ways. I say abandon your country club attitude and live in the real world where you are forced to live within your means, and quit trying to take money from my pocket to pay for your spending addiction!